WEBVTT WILL HAVE LOTS TO UPDATE YOU ON AND MORE ABOUT THIS ACTIVE FLASH, IN MY LIVE SUPER DOPPLER FORECAST. SHELLY: CRITICS OF A NEW MEXICO LAWMAKER CLAIM HE DIRECTED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT, WHERE HIS OWN BROTHER WAS THE ARCHITECT. TONIGHT, HE'S TELLING HIS SIDE OF THE STORY TO TARGET 7'S NANCY LAFLIN REP. PACHECO: IN MY OPINION, THIS IS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.L AND THIS IS A SMEAR CAMPAIGN. NANCY: AN ACTIVIST ORGANIZATION CALLED PROGRESS NOW NEW MEXICO SAYS STATE REPRESENTATIVE PA PACHECO EARMARKED $230,000 I TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT A CHARTER SCHOOL, CALLED THE A ACADEMY. PACHECO'S BROTHER IS THE ARCHITECT ON A CONSTRUCTION PROJECT AT THE SCHOOL. PROGRESS NOW NEW MEXICO QUESTIONING WHETHER THERE WAS A CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN THAT. THEY SAY HE DIDN'T DISCLOSE HIS BROTHER WAS INVOLVED IN THE PROJECT. REP. PACHECO: THIS WAS NOT ANYTHING INTENTIONAL. THERE WASN'T ANYTHING DARK OR SINISTER ABOUT THIS. WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT MY BROTHER WAS THE ARCHITECT, I WAS VERY OPEN NANCY: THE SCHOOL'S DIRECTOR IS BACKING PACHECO. PRIN. DOVE: THERE'S JUST ABSOLUTELY NO SUBSTANTIATION FOR IT NANCY: CONNIE DOVE SAYS A GENERAL CONTRACTOR HIRED PACHECO'S BROTHER DAVID IN 2013. SHE SAYS THE FOLLOWING YEAR, SHE INVITED STATE REPRESENTATIVE PAUL PACHECO AND EIGHT OTH LAWMAKERS, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS, TO TOUR THE SCHOOL. PRIN. DOVE: WE DIDN'T DISCOVER, UNTIL REPRESENTATIVE PACHECO CAME FOR A VISIT, THAT THERE WAS ANY CONNECTION. AND WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE PROJECT, AND THE NAME OF THE ARCHITECT CAME UP IN CONVERSATION. NANCY: OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS, SHE SAYS PACHECO SECURED $81,000 IN STATE FUNDING FOR ASK. DOVE SAYS $32,00 WAS FOR LAB EQUIPMENT. THE REST WENT TO LAND ACQUISITION AND REMODELING. PACHECO SAYS HE ALSO SECURED FUNDING FOR A DOZEN OTHER SCHOOLS, DURING THAT SAME TIME